Validation

Validation Functions
Our active entity object will also give you access to our validation engine (cbValidation) by giving your ORM entities the following functions:
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/**
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 * Validate the ActiveEntity with the coded constraints -> this.constraints, or passed in shared or implicit constraints
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 * The entity must have been populated with data before the validation
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 *
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 * @fields One or more fields to validate on, by default it validates all fields in the constraints. This can be a simple list or an array.
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 * @constraints An optional shared constraints name or an actual structure of constraints to validate on.
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 * @locale An optional locale to use for i18n messages
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 * @excludeFields An optional list of fields to exclude from the validation.
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 */
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boolean function isValid(
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	string fields="*",
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	any constraints="",
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	string locale="",
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	string excludeFields=""
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){
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​
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/**
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* Get the validation results object.  This will be an empty validation object if isValid() has not being called yet.
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*/
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cbvalidation.models.result.IValidationResult function getValidationResults(){
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Declaring Constraints
This makes it really easy for you to validate your ORM entities in two easy steps:
1) Add your validation constraints to the entity
2) Call the validation methods
Let's see the entity code so you can see the constraints:
models/User.cfc
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component persistent="true" extends="cborm.models.ActiveEntity"{
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    // Properties
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    property name="firstName";
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    property name="lastName";
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    property name="email";
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    property name="username";
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    property name="password";
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​
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    // Validation Constraints
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    this.constraints = {
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        "firstName" = {required=true}, 
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        "lastName"  = {required=true},
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        "email"     = {required=true,type="email"},
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        "username"  = {required=true, size="5..10"},
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        "password"  = {required=true, size="5..10"}
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    };
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}
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Validating Constraints
Now let's check out the handlers to see how to validate the entity via the isValid() function:
handlers/users.cfc
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component{
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​
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    property name="messagebox" inject="[email protected]";
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​
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    function index(event,rc,prc){
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        prc.users = getInstance( "User" ).list( sortOrder="lastName asc" );
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        event.setView( "users/list" );
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    }
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    function save(event,rc,prc){
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        event.paramValue( "id", -1 );
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        var oUser = getInstance( "User" )
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            .getOrFail( rc.id )
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            .populate( rc )
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        if( oUser.isValid() {
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            oUser.save();
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            flash.put( "notice", "User Saved!" );
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            relocate( "users.index" );
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        }
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        else{
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            messagebox.error( messageArray=oUser.getValidationResults().getAllErrors() );
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            editor( event, rc, prc );
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        }
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​
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    }
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    function editor(event,rc,prc){
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        event.paramValue( "id", -1 );
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        prc.user = getInstance( "User" ).getOrFail( rc.id );
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        event.setView( "users/editor" );
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    }
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​
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    function delete(event,rc,prc){
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        event.paramValue( "id", -1 );
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        getInstance( "User" )
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            .deleteById( rc.id );
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        flash.put( "notice", "User Removed!" );
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        relocate( "users.index" );
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    }
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}
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Please remember that the isValid() function has several arguments you can use to fine tune the validation:
fields
constraints
locale
excludeFields
Displaying Errors
You can refer back to the cbValidation docs for displaying errors:
Displaying Errors
cbValidation
Here are the most common methods for retreving the errors from the Result object via the getValidationResults() method:
getResultMetadata()
getFieldErrors( [field] )
getAllErrors( [field] )
getAllErrorsAsJSON( [field] )
getAllErrorsAsStruct( [field] )
getErrorCount( [field] )
hasErrors( [field] )
getErrors()
The API Docs in the module (once installed) will give you the latest information about these methods and arguments.
Unique Property Validation
We have also integrated a UniqueValidator from the validation module into our ORM module. It is mapped into WireBox as [email protected] so you can use it in your model constraints like so:
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{ username : { validator : "[email protected]", required : true } }
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Validation Functions

Declaring Constraints

Validating Constraints

Displaying Errors

Unique Property Validation